Paralyzed from the ribs down, Jake Wookey said nothing will stop him from farming. The Red Oak farmer and father of three is now getting back into his tractor.

“I ran into a plowable terrace, wasn't going but 25-30 mph, and I took the brunt of it,” Wookey said.

Wookey said he won’t let anything stand in his way.

“I'll get it figured out because I told all my friends that I am going to plant my crop this year. That's my goal,” he said.

His personal tractor is now parked at the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital where doctors and physical therapists have treated him since February. They are now helping him develop the strength to eventually get in and out of his tractor on his own.

“We've had a lot of farmers that we've worked with but we've never had one as determined as Jake to get into the tractor for planting season,” said Kristi Britten with Madonna.

With support of the staff at Madonna, his wife and three children, Wookey said it’s not his injury that could come between him and his crop.

“I will be ready to plant corn, I guess, if snow wasn't on the ground,” Wookey said.